We are pleased to announce the launch of the NJHC’s fourth COVID-19 Impact Survey.
The survey seeks to gather data about the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on New Jersey’s history field as we collectively transition into a world of working with the virus. Your participation will help inform future avenues for support and development.
You can learn more about findings from other statewide and national data projects in a recording of “Measuring the Impact: COVID-19 and the History Field in New Jersey.”
Events throughout New Jersey Reveal Hidden Stories of Slavery in New Jersey and the North
The 250th anniversary of the United States is just four years away, and New Jerseyans are invited to offer their ideas for how the state should commemorate it.
Funding to Support History Organizations, Projects, and Programs across all 21 Counties
Funding Addresses Essential Institutional Financial Needs to Help Navigate the Pandemic’s Impact
Funding to Support History Organizations, Projects, and Programs across all 21 Counties
Conference to Explore Voting Rights and Suffrage Stories throughout NJ State History
NJ Vote 100 Mock Election marks the centennial of New Jersey’s ratification of the 19th Amendment
The 2020 New Jersey Social Studies Survey is now available online for all New Jersey schools, kindergarten to twelfth grade.
Now Seeking Designs to Represent Revolution NJ, New Jersey’s Initiative to Commemorate 250 Years of United States history
Conference to Explore and Celebrate the Stories of Women throughout NJ State History
NJ Women Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment at 100 Partnership is Planning Events and Programs in 2020 that will Explore Women’s Suffrage in New Jersey
Funding to Support History Organizations, Projects, and Programs across all 21 Counties
Advancing its mission to raise awareness of the state’s unique historical legacy and chronicle its ongoing impact on the nation and world, the New Jersey Historical Commission board today approved $2.4 million in Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20) grant funding to 72 historical organizations, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, individuals, and county re-grant agencies across the state
NJ Women Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment at 100 Partnership will Explore Suffrage and Beyond in New Jersey
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area has been selected as the private sector partner to work with the New Jersey Historical Commission in planning the state’s activities marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026.
Email skaufmann@revolutionarynj.org to sign up for the NJ Semiquincentennial mailing list.
The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is pleased to introduce a new grant program focused on supporting research and interpretative planning at public history and cultural sites in New Jersey. The form to submit a Declaration of Intent (DOI) will go live on July 18. 2022.
Join the NJHC and the Newark Public Library on June 16, at 6 p.m. (ET) for a virtual book club discussing the book “Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge” by Erica Armstrong Dunbar.
The members and staff of the New Jersey Historical Commission are deeply saddened at the passing of Richard Waldron. Please read this memorial post to learn more.
Please take our fourth COVID-19 Impact Survey! The survey seeks to gather data about the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NJ’s history field as we collectively transition into a world of working with the virus. Your participation will help inform future avenues for support and development. Survey takers will receive a 15% discount on registration for the 2022 New Jersey History Conference (offer available for individual tickets only).
We are now accepting proposals to the 2022 NJ History Conference. The 2022 conference theme is New Jersey and histories of immigration and migration. The deadline to submit a proposal is June 28, 2022.
Join us for the fifth and final virtual discussion in the Revolution NJ series Big Ideas: Concepts for the 250th on May 25, at 6 p.m.
View a recording of the latest webinar in the Revolution NJ Big Ideas: Concepts for the 250th series held on April 22.
The NJHC is thrilled to release the results of a survey on New Jersey social studies education in K-12 schools. View the results and learn more by visiting www.njsocialstudies.org.
Join NJHC Program Coordinator Mar Lorenc for a reflection on Labor Day 2021 inspired by a recent visit to the America Labor Museum in Haledon, NJ.
We have compiled a list of resources for museums and cultural organizations grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak to be updated periodically.